That is one sweet looking pistol. Hope you dont mind but I saved the pic as a reference! Finally a px4 owner with some input. Other members opinions are very well noted as well lots of prespectives! I just think px4 is a damn ###y pistol and I heard somewhere that way back the us military were looking at replacements for the 92fs and beretta px4 was the only one that passed all the test although they didnt switch over. But thats gotta say something about the reliability and functionality.
That's not what happened.
The PX4 in .45 with some reliability enhancements was submitted to the Joint Combat Pistol program, which never went anywhere. The standard PX4 does not have the same internals as the one submitted to the JCP; it was never considered a frontrunner in the competition anyway (not that that necessarily means anything).
The PX4 adopted by the CBSA performed so poorly in testing that the RCMP that were involved in the process of developing a firearms training program for the CBSA practically begged the CBSA to dump it and buy something (anything) else. But obviously by that time, the deal was done.
If you buy one and intend to shoot it regularly, keep a rubber mallet in your range bag. This is not a sarcastic quip but an actual armourer tip, as they rarely make it through 500 round days without locking up and needing a rubber mallet to break the friction fit holding the rotating barrel in place in the slide.
Agencies using the PX4 as a duty pistol other than the CBSA:
A couple of small-town US police departments (Rochester NY springs to mind)
The Venezuelan National Guard
I think Turkmenistan was testing them...not sure if they ended up passing Turkmenistan's presumably high-tech, first-world standards or not though.
I don't know if anyone else is even using them (although to be fair I have not kept up with them since it became clear they weren't a contender).
They are nice looking pistols, I'll give them that. If you want one, buy it as a "want" gun, not as a "shoot" gun.
